S N Muire Lourdes
Tullow · Roll number 13507I
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 195
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 26 from 221 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 195 / 0
- 100% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
195 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 32 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 21.7 |
| Senior Infants | 27 | 33 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 23.7 |
| 1st Class | 34 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 25.3 |
| 2nd Class | 27 | 35 | 28 | 34 | 21 | 22 | 27.8 |
| 3rd Class | 49 | 27 | 37 | 29 | 31 | 21 | 32.3 |
| 4th Class | 31 | 48 | 25 | 39 | 27 | 32 | 33.7 |
| 5th Class | 31 | 32 | 54 | 26 | 41 | 28 | 35.3 |
| 6th Class | 26 | 29 | 32 | 50 | 26 | 37 | 33.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 22 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 22Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 19 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 20Senior Infants2024/25
- 191st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
21 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 22 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 21Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 221st Class2024/25
- 222nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
19 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 21 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2021/22
- 19Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 212nd Class2024/25
- 213rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 32Junior Infants2020/21
- 33Senior Infants2021/22
- 311st Class2022/23
- 342nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 324th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 27Senior Infants2020/21
- 271st Class2021/22
- 282nd Class2022/23
- 293rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
34 in 1st Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 341st Class2020/21
- 352nd Class2021/22
- 373rd Class2022/23
- 394th Class2023/24
- 415th Class2024/25
- 376th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
27 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 272nd Class2020/21
- 273rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 265th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
49 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 493rd Class2020/21
- 484th Class2021/22
- 545th Class2022/23
- 506th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
31 in 4th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 314th Class2020/21
- 325th Class2021/22
- 326th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
31 in 5th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 315th Class2020/21
- 296th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +225th Class in 2022/23 (32 to 54)
- −285th Class in 2023/24 (54 to 26)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at S N Muire Lourdes, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
12.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers72.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.9
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.7 special education teachers and 2.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to S N Muire Lourdes, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Muire LourdesThis school | – | 195 |
−11.8%
|
|
| 1 | S N Phadraig Naofa0.3 km · Tullow · Boys · DEIS | 0.3 km | 150 |
−34.2%
|
| 2 | St Columbas N S0.4 km · Tullow · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.4 km | 93 |
+25.7%
|
| 3 | Rathoe NS4.7 km · Rathoe | 4.7 km | 175 |
−5.9%
|
| 4 | Scoil Nais Bhride5.2 km · Tullow | 5.2 km | 190 |
−2.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil Muire gan Smal5.3 km · Ardattin | 5.3 km | 61 |
−14.1%
|
| 6 | S N Fiontain Naofa6.4 km · Tullow | 6.4 km | 41 |
+105.0%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Marie Coen
- Phone
- 0599151875
- [email protected]
- Address
- Mill Street, Tullow, Co. Carlow, R93 Y960
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Tullow
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 195 | 195 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 32 | 28 | 37 |
| 2024/25 | 212 | 212 | – | 24 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 31 | 27 | 41 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 238 | 0 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 34 | 29 | 39 | 26 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | 247 | 247 | – | 21 | 19 | 31 | 28 | 37 | 25 | 54 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | 250 | 250 | – | 19 | 33 | 27 | 35 | 27 | 48 | 32 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | 257 | 257 | – | 32 | 27 | 34 | 27 | 49 | 31 | 31 | 26 |
| 2019/20 | 251 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 251 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 247 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 246 | 246 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 221 | 221 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 215 | 215 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 217 | 217 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 211 | 211 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 221 | 221 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 225 | 225 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 217 | 217 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 216 | 216 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 202 | 202 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 182 | 182 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 184 | 184 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 188 | 188 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 182 | 182 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 180 | 180 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 180 | 180 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 180 | 180 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 198 | 198 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 206 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 211 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 208 | 208 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 222 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 229 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 246 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 311 | 311 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 318 | 318 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 314 | 314 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 312 | 312 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 307 | 307 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 303 | 303 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 296 | 296 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |